The next morning, Akira tidied up his somewhat messy room as usual, reviewed the second volume of his manuscript that he had already written, and then directly found the editor's email and sent it.
Given Haruno Kyoko's endless methods of urging manuscripts, Akira only felt that if he didn't send her the finished second volume soon, she would probably have Ishigami Naoya drive to his house.
After Akira finished sending the email, he took his toiletries and went into the bathroom. It took him about ten minutes to slowly wash his whole body clean.
Young people's physiological activities are always more vigorous, and Akira couldn't help but sigh at his recent growth.
"My hair seems a bit long."
Akira said with emotion, holding a razor and looking in the mirror.
It hadn't even been a month since his last haircut, and the original style was already unrecognizable, making Akira feel that his own ideas for his hair looked better.
Akira went out for a run, and on the way back, he stopped at a convenience store and picked out some discounted potatoes and soybeans.
Although his skills in making tofu and soy products were not yet proficient, the results were not bad, and Akira felt that he was willing to work hard to create the delicious food he wanted.
However, he used to learn cooking to satisfy Sajuna's appetite, but now he feels that Sajuna is not very enthusiastic about gourmet food, which has somewhat diminished his motivation to learn.
Back home, Akira simply made breakfast, and then began to change into his going-out clothes.
As it was the first day of summer vacation, Akira chose not to go to Sajuna's house to meet her, but instead went to Wakana's house to help him with the production of cosplay costumes.
Although Akira occasionally helped with the previous production, most of it was handled by Wakana, so the production speed was not very fast.
Akira changed into his clothes and then left the house.
Upon stepping out, he saw that the sky was overcast, looking like it might rain at any moment, as if reminding Akira that today was not a good time for a date.
So Akira took out his phone and, with a clear conscience, sent a message to Sajuna, explaining his plan to help Wakana make clothes today. As expected, he received Sajuna's agreement.
Then he sent a message to Wakana saying he was coming, and shortly after, Akira received Wakana's reply.
『Wakana: I'm home, Akira-kun can come over.』
Only then did Akira leave his house with peace of mind and head towards Wakana's home.
Although he hadn't practiced his sewing skills for a while, his proficiency was still there, and the skill wouldn't regress due to temporary shelving, so Akira was very confident in his abilities.
If he worked quickly, he should be able to finish the group cosplay costumes this week.
Akira thought.
Upon arriving at Wakana's house, Akira walked in, knocked on the open door, and then called out inside.
"Wakana!"
Gojo Kaoru walked out of the room, a kind smile on his face, and said to Akira.
"Oh, Akira-kun is here. Come on in, Wakana is busy in his room."
Akira nodded and then thanked Gojo Kaoru.
"Thank you very much, Gojo Grandpa. I'll bother you with his care today."
Gojo Kaoru burst into laughter upon hearing Akira's reply, looking at Akira with relief.
"We should still thank Akira-kun for always taking care of Wakana."
"I heard about Akira-kun from Wakana and Marin. Thanks to Akira-kun, Wakana is much more cheerful now."
Akira nodded, but he wasn't very proud in his heart, after all, even without his presence, Marin would have been a great help in Wakana's growth.
Walking to Wakana's room, Akira hesitated for a moment, gently knocked on the door, and then heard hurried footsteps from inside, followed by the sight of an eager Wakana opening the door.
"Akira-kun, good morning."
"Wakana, good morning."
Akira nodded in greeting, then looked past Wakana into the room, where he saw a plastic mannequin head standing in the center of Wakana's room, with a silver-white wig placed on it.
Seeing Akira's gaze turn towards the wig, Wakana shyly said, "This is Black Mountain Terrier's wig. I'm still trying to style it."
"However, I haven't had time to style Nikaido Shion's wig for Inui-san's cosplay yet. If Akira-kun is willing..."
Wakana said awkwardly. Although Akira-kun had said he was just coming to help, he still felt embarrassed to assign tasks to Akira-kun like this.
Although Akira-kun didn't do much, he also didn't pay any cosplay costume production fees, making it seem like he was volunteering to help.
Wakana actually wanted Akira to point out any flaws in the clothes he made, after all, he was kind of his client.
Akira nodded upon hearing Wakana's words, then assured Wakana.
"Leave Little Shion's wig to me for now."
Then, as if afraid Wakana wouldn't be at ease, he added.
"I even helped Shinju cut Soma-nii's wig before, so Wakana, you don't have to worry about me not being able to do it."
"No, no."
Wakana waved his hand, "Akira-kun knows so many things, styling a wig will definitely be no problem."
"Wakana, don't have such inexplicable confidence in me."
Akira said helplessly, "Although I know a lot, I don't know even more."
Wakana thought about his daily interactions with Akira and felt that Akira seemed to have good proficiency in all the areas he knew about, so he curiously asked Akira.
"Akira-kun, do you really have many things you don't know?"
"Isn't that obvious? Besides, I just know a lot, but I'm not proficient in everything. I can only show off when there are fewer people around."
Akira stroked his chin, "For example, I can't compare to you in sewing skills, and I only have a slight understanding of makeup skills."
"Not to mention I have no talent whatsoever in painting and dancing."
Wakana shook his head helplessly at Akira's seemingly humble words, no longer dwelling on these things.
Wakana knelt down and picked up the prepared fabric from the floor nearby, explaining to Akira.
"Akira-kun, my plan for today is to finish styling Black Mountain Terrier's and Nikaido Shion's wigs, and then continue making the character costumes. Do you have any suggestions?"
Akira looked at the single plastic mannequin head in the room, nodded, and said to Wakana.
"How about I finish Nikaido Shion's wig and let you see if it's acceptable?"
"If it is, then Black Mountain Terrier's wig can also be given to me to make."
"That way, it won't affect your speed in making the clothes, Wakana."
Wakana nodded in agreement.